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Red letters on the dashboard, oh what a gap
They pursue us to the deep end and then depart
Watch as the cracks in the wall feel pain
For only patterns on a snake's back give us genuine fear
And I cannot lie, faces drop into the fire
I get by all the time on a shelf above the door
And it shouldn't be clear but it's not for me to decide
It's a delicate degree, it's a number I can see
Could prison cells be in my brain
For they're safe inside the cover of a dirty face
And everybody finds a college graduate with joy
While I'm happy just sipping tonic water with lemon and lime
And I cannot lie, faces drop into the fire
I get by all the time on a shelf above the door
And it shouldn't be clear but it's not for me to decide
It's a delicate degree, it's a number I can see
You sit at home up late at nights
When it's beginning to arrive
And honestly, I don't see the need for any routines
I'm all out of sink, I cover my cuts
And hope they are fixed before I get hurt again
And all this ground beneath my feet
Has decided not to crumble into the sea
I walked in a house, it smelt of paint
And the ceiling it has no trouble with me
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Love Thirteen senses.
Most WARNINGS in our world are in red; auto dash lights, traffic signs/lights,poisonous snakes & berries.
The pattern on the back of a snake only give us genuine fear....maybe we should be more fearful of what is unseen.
ok i could go on & on but basically i think the song is about salvation, salvaging yourself,just because society wants you to live on a certain schedule or timetable (birth,school,college,job) doesn't mean that's right for you.Heaven forbid wanting solitude (on a shelf above the door) but no matter the routine, we all have loved & lost,both romantically & familialy, covered our cuts & hope they heal quickly because they do hurt like a saltwater wound. It IS a delicate degree.
I don't see the need for any routines"
I always heard that as:
"And honestly
I dont see the need for ending with tears"
But I stand corrected :P
What an amazing song. Seems to have been deliberatly crafted to allow you to interpret it in your own way. Definatly seems to have undertones of drifting through life without a real focus though. Yet the last lines, "I walked in a house, it smelled of paint" etc. Does anyone else interpret this as a metaphor for a new beginning??
Rob :)
"Will said it was about getting yourself into a routine in life where you realise it's actually bad for you, and you're just hurting yourself. And that it seems that no matter how hard you try to break away from this routine, it just seems impossible."
"I walked in a house, it smelt of paint
And the ceiling it has no trouble with me"
*sigh* i saw them last year when they were supporting embrace and they were amazing...and the lead singer is pretty fine!